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Camp Avenue Elementary School students displayed their work at a science fair on March 30. Noah Horn hypothesized that plastic water bottles could be repurposed as solar light bulbs.

Students at Camp Avenue Elementary School in North Merrick recently asked some tough questions ... more

4/2/15

The North Merrick Public Library is seeking a 3.54 percent tax-levy increase next year — more than double a tax-levy cap the state set. more

By Brian Racow | 4/2/15

Len Kirsch was instrumental in the creation of the North Merrick Public Library in 1964 and received its first library card. He lived in the Merricks and worked in public relations for decades. At right, his wife, Ruth.

Len Kirsch, library founder, dies at 88

Longtime Merrick resident Len Kirsch, whose intellectual curiosity, public messaging savvy and can-do attitude made him the ideal person to head the citizens’ committee that advocated for the North Merrick Public Library’s founding in the mid-1960s, died last month after a lengthy illness. He was 88. more

By Brian Racow | 3/25/15

Merrick districts named Best Communities for Music Education

The Merrick and North Merrick elementary school districts are among 117 districts across New York state that were each named as a Best Community for Music Education by the National Association for Music Merchants recently. more

3/25/15

Hundreds of participants turned out for the One Voice, One Message 5K, despite the weather.

Bellmore-Merrick Central District 5K off and running

For a while on the morning of March 21, organizers of the first One Voice, One Message 5K Run/Walk, hosted by the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District, wondered whether anyone would show. more

By Scott Brinton | 3/25/15

The Fayette Elementary School boiler is well past its prime, according to school officials. Heating systems at Fayette, Camp Avenue and Old Mill Road schools show decades of wear and tear, as do many of the buildings and their grounds. The North Merrick School District Board of Education is asking the community to approve a $14.65 million bond sale to pay for a district-wide infrastructure overhaul. There will be a referendum as part of the May 19 school vote.

North Merrick puts $14.7M bond to vote

The North Merrick School District is seeking to borrow $14.65 million for infrastructure upgrades at Camp Avenue, Fayette and Old Mill Road elementary schools, which administrators say are essential for the schools’ long-term use. Local residents will decide at the May 19 school vote whether to approve a bond sale to fund the buildings and grounds improvements. more

By Brian Racow | 3/18/15

The North Merrick School District held a “Parents University” forum about the Common Core State Standards English Language Arts curricula on Feb. 23 at Fayette Elementary School. From left were Marie Castle, a Camp Avenue Elementary School teacher; Kimberley Goltermann, an Old Mill Road Elementary School teacher; David Feller, the district superintendent; David Adler, a children’s books author; Beth Friedman, deputy superintendent; and Neil Brown, a Board of Education trustee.

N. Merrick encourages parents to read closely

The North Merrick School District aimed to educate parents about changes to the English Language Arts curricula under the new Common Core State Standards at a Feb. 23 forum at Fayette Elementary School called “Parents University.” more

3/5/15

The Merrick Kiwanis Club donated an automated external defibrillator to the North Merrick Public Library. From left were Susan Helsinger, past president of the Merrick Kiwanis Club; Tom Witt, director of the North Merrick Public Library; Mark Davis, a library trustee; Kim Scharoff, president of the Kiwanis Club; Bill Pezzulo, the library president; Marion Schurade, a library trustee; Barbara Behrens, trustee; Richard Smith, trustee; and Michael Reid, a Kiwanis Club member.

Kiwanis makes heartfelt donations

Martin Valk, a past president of the Merrick Kiwanis Club, noticed that the Merrick and North Merrick libraries did not have automated external defibrillators. Thanks to his and other Kiwanians’ actions, that soon will change. more

3/5/15

Tracy Sforza’s third-grade class had fun getting into character at Camp Avenue Elementary School’s annual Biography Bonanza on Feb. 6.

It’s a Biography Bonanza at Camp Avenue

The frigid February weather did not stop the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from attending Camp Avenue Elementary School’s Biography Bonanza on Feb. 6. more

By Stephen Levine | 2/26/15

Rita Kestenbaum, 56, of Bellmore, a Democrat running for Nassau County Legislature, spoke at a Feb. 19 candidates forum at the North Merrick Public Library.

Legislative candidates address voters

Democrat Rita Kestenbaum and Republican Steve Rhoads, the two candidates in the Nassau County Legislature’s 19th District, squared off last Thursday not so much against each other as against a roomful of likely voters given free rein to ask or say what they pleased. more

By Brian Racow | 2/25/15

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